Whenever I go to a salad bar, I look for 2 things; real bacon bits (shredded ham will do) and beets. Seems there was always a big jar of pink eggs and beets at home growing up (maybe a tainted memory).. but a good one. Somewhere in the past couple of years, the health benefits of beets came into my realm. Here's a blurb about them at Worlds Healthiest Foods. So one day when I was looking for them a Schnucks some earthy young lady commented that she wished they would not remove the tops because they were even healthier than the beets. Hmmmm. Never thought about eating beet tops.. So I looked that up and seemed she was correct. So I started looking for beets with tops. My local observation is that Schnucks has nicer beets, but Walmart leaves on the tops. I started using them instead of lettuce in sandwiches and wraps. I was tainted by my short visit to Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State) where I stumbled into a "Whole Foods"... Now there is some nice produce. While I'm on a rabbit trail, here's a little deal on wraps. Since I did my post about burritos and wraps (Monday, September 5, 2011) and getting some good wraps at Purdue (aka vet vittles) I really got into wraps. I found at Gordon Food Supply, I could get nice 12 inch spinach wraps and I was on my way to "healthy eating"... Then in discussion with Greg who for some reason has suddenly gotten into healthy eating....oh yeah,, he had a heart attack.. he busted my bubble by pointing out the amount of sodium in wraps (tortillas). I went on line and sure enough they are loaded with salt. In my search guess where the lowest sodium content tortillas are found..... yup; Walmart!.. Problem is they are small and I can't get much into them so guess I'll keep looking.
Back to Beets. I'm sure at this point, Georgia is saying, "who is this man? When has he been buying and eating beets?" I try to not bother her with things I know she doesn't like. Love you Hon!!!
The websites say to boil them, but a friend told me to clean them, wrap them in foil and bake (or roast) them in the oven. Is it bake or roast???? Well, I wrap them in foil, turn the oven on to somewhere between 325 and 375 degrees, and leave them til they get soft... maybe a couple of hours. Let them cool and cut them up for later use. Last spring, I stumbled onto some beet seeds while buying flowers. I planted them but the rabbits got them while we were away. Yesterday, I planted beets again (they are expensive in the grocery, I think). We'll see if I can get a crop before they are destroyed by Brer Rabbit.
So what was it that reminded me to write this post? This may be WTMI so hang on. This observation occurred several months ago and it scared me, then it disappeared. This week it returned and since I was in posting mode, here we go. I expect fellow beet eaters are chuckling now cause you know where I'm going. Well, Dr. Oz has trained me to observe my offering to the porcelain god, (throne, commode).. get it??? One day after making my offering, I turned around and nearly yelled out. I though I had rectal cancer. There around the kaka was a pool of what I was sure was fresh red blood. I checked my undies and found no blood, so just watched it closely over the next several days then it became less severe and disappeared. Somehow, I put 2 and 2 together and it seemed it lined up with the amount of beet consumption I was enjoying. This week I got another supply of beets and sure enough the phenomenon reoccurred. Georgia, aren't you glad I spared you my fear???
So go ahead and enjoy this healthy food, and if the red flow occurs, remember to lay off the beets to see if it goes away before running out for a rectal exam.
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